My schedule has become too busy to maintain three blogs, so this will be my final post here at Sublime Your Time. I will leave this blog up and running indefinitely, however. I've also put a handy archive at the New Here page so you can easily access old articles. I will start posting more business-oriented articles over at the Caleb Jones Blog, so subscribe to that blog if you want those. See you over there! ... Continue Reading →

Most people focus on one way to increase their profit and/or revenue; get more customers!
They often forget there are actually many ways to increase sales, and the smart business owner will do some or all of these things. Here are the seven areas in your business which, if increased, will increase profits. How many are you focused on increasing?
1. Number of inquiries from prospects that come into a business.
2. Percentage of those inquiries who turn into an appointment or real ... Continue Reading →

You’re going to spend a sizeable part of your life working in your office. More importantly, your office is where the money is made. You need to ensure your office setup is configured for both maximum productivity and maximum comfort. Here’s how:
1. Invest in a very good office chair
This goes back to one of my rules that it’s perfectly acceptable to spend a lot of money on something you use every day, like your mattress, your electric razor, and certainly your office chair. Sitting in the ... Continue Reading →

If you start to use a simple to-do list once a day, your productivity will increase 27% on average even if you do nothing else differently. This is regardless of if you use an app, a spreadsheet, or a written piece of paper. That's how powerful having a written to-do list is.
Often when I ask people if they have a to-do list, they respond, "Yeah, my email is my to-do list."
Um, no.
Using your email inbox as your to-do list is a terrible idea. Let us count the ways:
1. It focuses you ... Continue Reading →

Peter Drucker was one of the greatest business minds in our culture. One of the many techniques I've used is his five step problem solving formula. It's as simple as it is sublime. It's below with my commentary.
Whenever you have a key problem in your business, take a minute, pull up a blank document, and analyze the problem using the following five steps.
Step One: Realize that this problem will repeat over and over again until you come up with a rule or principle that you will forever ... Continue Reading →

To live a high-income, low-work lifestyle, your job is to remove yourself from the flow of work as much as humanly possible.
This is one of those “simple but not easy” things to do. The process is very simple. It’s not easy, because it’s emotionally difficult. As the big, badass business owner / entrepreneur, you believe you can do everything better in your business than anyone else. Of course this is untrue. My businesses require a lot of regular functions that other people can and do much ... Continue Reading →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOksW_NabEk
How cool is this? Someone actually made a video demonstrating my favorite time metaphor (or at least close it), first postulated by Robert Ringer. The quickie, abbreviated version is that you have about 20,000 days of life as an adult before you die, but those 20,000 days are more like 6,000 days when you factor in things like sleeping and nonproductive life essentials (going to the bathroom, dressing, shaving, etc). Worse, those 6,000 days are only ... Continue Reading →

It is my strong opinion that everyone has knowledge in an area is that is worth money to others. This knowledge doesn't have to be business related. Maybe you know some good techniques for mountain climbing or dog grooming. No matter how non-business you think your knowledge is, I promise you this stuff has a monetary value to someone else. There is no reason not to sell that expertise to others. This is why I've said "everyone should be a consultant."
If you don't like the concept of ... Continue Reading →

If you travel a lot and want a nice place to work no matter where you go, then you should check out Regus. I don't get any money for recommending them, I just like them and use them frequently.
Regus has offices in most major cities all over the world, and they do their best to be located in the nicest and/or most central buildings in any given area. For an annual fee you can use their "business lounges," where you can work in a either a cubicle or an open area, and use all of their office ... Continue Reading →